We thank you for the call he gives us �Not a call to sit in a corner cowering in fear over our
enemies,Mystified about how to overcome the Culture of
Death,Despondent because of our sins, Or worried about
the perceived political strength of our opponents.

Rather, it is a call to stand victorious in the light of
the ResurrectionAnd to proclaim to the Culture of
Death:�You have been conquered! You have no place here,
No power to defeat the forces of truth and
goodness!�

Yes, Lord, we stand in that light And we are filled with
joy �Not a superficial joy that rises and fallsWith the ebb and flow of circumstances beyond our control,
But with the profound joy That only you can giveAnd that nobody can take away.

In the strength of that joy,May we
your people continue to proclaim your truthAnd share
your grace Not only within the walls of our Churches,But
in the halls of government, In the voting booth,In the
media, And in every inch of the public square.

Lord, in our work for you, may we find you.In our efforts to change the world, may we ourselves be
changed.In our struggle to build a Culture of Life, may
we find life eternal.

We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer of ReparationGod and
Father of Life, You have created every human person,And
have opened the way for each to have eternal life.

We live in the shadow of death. Tens of millions of your
children have been killed because of the Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing
abortion.

Father, have mercy on us.Heal our
land And accept our offering of prayer and penance.In
your love for us, Turn back the scourge of abortion.

May each of us exult in hearts
full of hopeAnd hands full of mercy And work together to
build a culture of life. We pray through
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for our Courts and Judges
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of our nation. You alone rule the world
with justice, Yet you place in our hands the solemn
duty of participating in the shaping of our government. I pray today for our President and Senators Who have
the responsibility of placing judges on our courts. Please protect this
process from all obstruction. Please send us men and women of
wisdom, Who respect Your law of Life. Please send
us judges with humility, Who seek Your truth and not their own
opinions. Lord, give all of us the courage we need to do what is
right And to serve you, the Judge of all, with fidelity. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen!

Prayer to the Holy
Spirit, the Advocate

O Holy Spirit of God, You were promised to us by the Lord
Jesus as an Advocate, as one who pleads our cause and speaks up for us in the
heights of heaven. "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Advocate, to be with you forever..."(Jn.14:15).The
apostle Paul has taught us that You intercede for us with groanings that cannot
be expressed in speech (Rom. 8:26).We praise You today
for the gift of salvation, for we are deeply aware that we cannot save
ourselves. We have sinned, and we cannot win forgiveness on our own. We need an
Advocate.We ask You, O Holy Spirit, to make us ever more
aware of those who need us as advocates. Grant that we may hear the cries of our
youngest, smallest brothers and sisters, those still in the womb, who cannot
speak or defend themselves, and who cannot even pray. Holy Spirit, as You are the Advocate, so make us advocates.
As You hear our cries for mercy, so let us hear the cries of others for mercy.
Save us from the misfortune of seeking mercy only for ourselves, while being
deaf to others. As you loosened the tongues of the apostles at Pentecost, so
grant us today a Pentecost for the unborn, that we may speak for them before the
great and the small, before governments and institutions, and before all Your
people. Amen.

God the Father, Creator of the world, have mercy on us.
RESPONSE: Have mercy on us!God the Son, through whom all
things were made,God the Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of
Life,Lord Jesus, the Beginning and the End,Lord Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life,Lord Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life,Lord Jesus, Eternal Word of Life,Lord Jesus, living in the womb of the Virgin Mary,Lord Jesus, Lover of the poor and weak,Lord Jesus, Defender of the helpless,Lord Jesus, Bread of Life,For every
sin against life,For the sin of abortion,For the daily killing of innocent babies,For the bloodshed throughout our land,For the silent screams of Your children,For the killing of Your future disciples,For the exploitation of women by abortion,For the silence of Your people,For
the apathy of Your people,For the co-operation of Your
people in this tragedy,

For our pre-born brothers and sisters killed by abortion,
RESPONSE: Lord, hear our prayer.For our pre-born
brothers and sisters threatened by abortion,For our
brothers and sisters who have survived abortion,For
mothers who have had abortions,For mothers tempted to
have abortions,For mothers pressured to have
abortions,For mothers who have refused to have
abortions,For the fathers of aborted babies,For the families of aborted babies,For the families of those tempted to have abortionsFor abortionists,For all who assist
and cooperate in abortions,For doctors and nurses, that
they may nurture life,For government leaders, that they
may defend life,For the clergy, that they may speak up
for life,For the pro-life movement,For those who speak, write, and work to end abortion,For those who help provide alternatives to abortionFor those who promote adoption,For
national and local pro-life groups,For unity in the
pro-life movement,

For courage and perseverance in pro-life work,For those who suffer ridicule and rejection for their stand
for life,For those imprisoned for defending life,For those who have been injured and mistreated for defending
life,For legal professionals,For
courts and judges,For police officers,For educators,For media
professionals,

In thanksgiving for the babies saved from abortion,In thanksgiving for the mothers saved and healed from
abortion,In thanksgiving for the former abortion
providers who have become pro-life, In thanksgiving for all those who take a
stand against abortion, In thanksgiving for the call to be part of the pro-life
movement,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us,
O Lord.Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the
world, graciously hear us, O Lord, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the
world, have mercy on us.

Let us pray,

Almighty and ever-living God, You have created all things
through Your Son Jesus Christ. He trampled the power of death by His Paschal
Mystery. May all who acknowledge You promote the sacredness of life and always
serve You faithfully, through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.

PRAYERS

Rescue the Pre-born Sunday O God of Beginnings, You are the
Creator of all life. As we begin this week, be near us as we unite with our
Pre-born brothers and sisters who are scheduled for death. May you by your Holy
Spirit and by the voice of your church lead your people to rescue from death the
innocent children and bring those who participate in their death to true
repentance that they may taste of your goodness and mercy; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen

Spiritual WarfareMondayAlmighty and Powerful
God, drive all evil spirits away from the innocent Pre-born children and from
the killing centers where their destruction is planned. Overcome evil with good
in the hearts of those who reject your truth and who have believed the lies of
the evil one who would say that good is evil and evil is good. Rebuke the enemy
for the sake of innocent children and for your sake, Oh Lord; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen

Kingdom PrayerTuesdayOh Great King of
Kings, let your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven for the sanctity of all
human life. You have said that your Kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy in
the Holy Ghost. Where there is unrighteousness let righteousness come to bear,
where there is hostility, cause your peace to reign supreme, where there is
sorrow, bring joy in the hearts of people. Lead us into your unshakable and
everlasting kingdom in which you reign forever and ever that truly the kingdoms
of this world will become the Kingdoms of our God; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen

For ForgivenessWednesdayOh God of mercy and
grace, as you hung on the hard wooden cross, you asked that those who were
putting you to death might be forgiven. Please, Oh Lord, help us to offer that
same forgiveness to those who participate in abortion, euthanasia, the
destruction of embryonic life and who by other means violate the sanctity of
human life, that in all things the world would know the height, the depth, the
breadth, and width of your love, your mercy and your grace; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen

Restoration of the
Holiness and Protection of the WombThursdayOh Holy God, our Rock and our Fortress, you used the womb of
Mary to be a tabernacle for the dwelling of the Incarnation, where the Holy Son
of God was to be nurtured and protected. You created the womb of woman that the
miracle of human life might be nurtured and protected. Many women have been
deceived to believe that their womb is not a place of holy protection for a
human life, but that it is simply another appendage of their body. Renew and
restore your purpose and will concerning the womb of all women throughout the
earth, that you may be glorified; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

For GovernmentsFridayOh Ruler of the
nations, many of the kings of the earth have set themselves against you; they
rebel against your rule. Yet you have set your King on your holy hill of Zion so
that in every local, state, provincial and national government you would rule in
the midst of your enemies. We pray that you would strengthen and uphold those
rulers that, by your grace, are following your ways and purpose. Make your
enemies a footstool for your feet, that all people in all nations would kiss the
Son, so they may know that happy are those who take refuge in you; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, forever and ever. Amen

For an End to
AbortionSaturdayOh God,
who is the Beginning and the End, hear our prayers as we cry out to you to end
the merciless shedding of innocent blood in our nation and throughout the world.
Through death you have conquered death and through your life we experience
eternal and everlasting life. Cause life to spring forth in the hearts of all
people and bring forth a love and respect for life that will dominate our
culture. May your kingdom and church apprehend and overtake the culture of
death that has prevailed through deceit and selfishness; may the Seed of the
woman crush the head of the serpent through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

"Prayer to End
Abortion"

Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I know there is nothing that destroys more life than
abortion, Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death
by the Resurrection of Your Son. I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself Never to be
silent, Never to be passive, Never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, And never to stop defending life Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, And our nation once again becomes A
nation with liberty and justice Not just for some, but
for all, Through Christ our Lord. Amen!

Prayer to the Virgin Mary

O Mary, Mother of Jesus and Mother of us all, we turn to you
today as the one who said "Yes" to Life. "You will conceive and bear a Son," the
angel told you. Despite the surprise and the uncertainty about how this could
be, you said yes. "Be it done unto me according to your word."Mary, we pray today for all mothers who are afraid to be
mothers. We pray for those who feel threatened and overwhelmed by their
pregnancy. Intercede for them, that God may give them the grace to say yes and
the courage to go on. May they have the grace to reject the false solution of
abortion. May they say with you, "Be it done unto me according to your word."
May they experience the help of Christian people, and know the peace that comes
from doing God's will. Amen.

Prayers to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist

"My Body""This is My Body, given up for you." Lord Jesus, we hear
Your words each day at Mass. You have used these words to teach us the meaning
of Your love for us, a love that brought You to the cross to give Your life so
we might live. You use these words also to teach us the meaning of our love for
one another, a love which leads us to give ourselves away that others might
live."This is my body." Lord, we also hear these words
used by those who think they can take life, just because that life is growing
within their body. We hear these words distorted by those who support
abortion.Grant that all Your people may learn that human
fulfillment is never found by pushing someone else out of the way, but only and
always by pushing ourselves out of the way. May all Your people live their lives
according to Your most sacred words, "This is my body, given up for you!"

UnityThank You, Lord Jesus, for the gift of the Holy
Eucharist, Your Sacred Body, by which You unite us as one body in You. "For we,
many though we are, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf"(1 Cor.
10:17) As we receive You, O Lord, You also receive us. As You draw us up to
Yourself, You draw us also into one another. "You are the Body of Christ, and
individually members of it" (1 Cor. 12:27).Lord, grant
that we may never exclude any of the other members of Your Body from our love.
As we receive Your Body in Communion, so let us receive and welcome all the
members of Your Body, no matter how inconvenient they may be. Help us especially
to welcome those who have become the most unwelcome members of our world,
namely, those who have just entered it. Bless our brothers and sisters in the
womb. Rid our world of the sin of abortion, which divides parents from their own
children, from one another, from their very selves, and from You, O Lord.Grant that the power of Unity which we find in the Eucharist
may overcome the fear of the unborn child, and may enable us to welcome that
child as a brother, a sister, a member of Your Body. Amen.

FaithLord Jesus, I firmly believe that the Blessed Sacrament is
Your very Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. Senses cannot grasp this marvel.
Faith, however, reaches beyond what the eyes can see and assures us that You are
present.Grant, O Lord, that our faith in the Eucharist
may also strengthen our ability to recognize the dignity of every human life. We
know that the senses can fool us there as well. Some may not be attractive,
others may seem too small, some may appear as less than human.But we, who can see You in the Sacred Host, can certainly
see you in our brothers and sisters. We can also see You, O Lord, in the
children in the womb. In a day when so many have forgotten these children, and
dismiss them as less valuable than those who are born, grant that we may grow
all the more convinced of their dignity and worth.Then
grant, O Lord, that we may act accordingly. Amen

Prayers for Life, Pro Life
Prayers.

Redeemer in the
Womb

Lord Jesus Christ, You took our human nature upon Yourself.
You shared our life and death, our childhood and adulthood.You also shared our time in the womb. While still God, while
worshiped and adored by the angels, while Almighty and filling every part of the
universe, You dwelt for nine months in the womb of Mary. You were our Redeemer
in the womb, our God who was a preborn child.Lord Jesus,
we ask You to bless and protect the children who today are in their mothers'
womb. Save them from the danger of abortion. Give their mothers the grace to
sacrifice themselves, in body and soul, for their children. Help all people to
recognize in the preborn child a brother, a sister, saved by You, our Redeemer
in the womb Father of us all, Author of all life, I thank you for my
life and the appreciation of it. Please help me to always respect the lives of
all your children, from conception to natural death. Let your Spirit enlighten
the minds and open the hearts of those who do not fully respect all human life
according to your will. Where there is remorse, grant peace to all women and
everyone affected by past abortions. Lighten the burdens of all women with
problem pregnancies. Bring adoption of a Human Life Amendment soon. Thank you,
Father. Amen

Prayer of Love and
Life

Dear Lord, through Your Apostle, St. Paul, You've taught us
that there are three great virtues, Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest of
all is Love. Help me to understand that in order to love You and to love my
neightbor, I must be alive. Father, help me to value my life, and all life, and
give me courage to respect, defend, and, if necesssary, die to protect the right
of everyone to live as You will them to.

Amen.

Rev. James H. MurrayPrayer for a Pro-Life Pregnancy Center

Lord, we thank You for Your grace in allowing (Insert name
of center here) to open in our area. We beg Your blessings upon all supporters
of this center, upon all who help in any way, and especially upon all those who
call and/or come to the Center for help. We ask You to influence these women to
choose life for their babies. We ask you to enlighten our advisors on how to
individually help and advise each women who comes to the Center. Lord, we trust
You with our lives and with the lives of our family members. We put into Your
hands all those who come to (Insert name of center here). May Your holy will be
forever done, and may all we do give You glory. Amen.

Prayer for All
People

Lord of Life, We give you praise because all we know of You
speaks of life, and goodness, and blessing. Yet, as we look at Your world, we
are stricken with grief that so often we seem to see more that relates to death
than to life. In the midst of such a world, help us to so order our lives that
they will in turn express Your life.

Give us concern for the unborn dead, whom people have
destined to be that for their own convenience through an injection, a pill, or a
knife. Give us concern also for the living dead, those, who through want of
food, medicine, or the lack of someone to care, are dead while they live. And,
Lord, give us concern for the dying dead, those whose lives are almost spent
here on earth.

Deliver us from seeing any of these people as a
responsibility to be avoided or a bruden to be lifted from our shoulders.
Instead, let us view each issue, and especially each person, as an opportunity
for You to express Your life in us. Give us to be as incensed with wrong as You
are, but help us also to influence our society and our fellows through our
gracious words and firm stands. Above all Lord, enable us to reach out to those
in need whom we can personally help, lest our profession of love be only
sounding brass or a tinkling cymbol. Through him who taught us to love - Jesus
Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Blessed Be

Blessed be life

I tell you it's good to be alive

Blessed is she who bore me and tenderly nurtured
me

Blessed is the fruitful seed in the womb

Blessed is the growing embryo destined to be born this
Day

Blessed is every child of God come to full
term

Blessed are all the children of the
universe

Blessed is every Mother who brings her baby to
birth

Blessed be every Father who supports bone of his bone-flesh
of his flesh

Blessed be every doctor who refuses to abort life, but seeks
to save life

Blessed be the miracle of LIFE amd the God of LIFE who
provides for every living creature

Blessed be the Virgin Mary who did not refuse to bear the
Son of God

Blessed be the Lord Jesus who did not despise being a fetus
in the sanctuary of the Womb.

Brother Martin
A Prayer for Children

O Lord Jesus Christ, whose anger was once terribly kindled
against those who hurt the children, we beseech You to bring to repentance all
those who through cruelty, abuse, or carelessness bring the innocent to harm. We
are among them, O Lord, and confess with sorrow and shame that every failure of
our love in thought, word or deed immeasurably increases the sin of the world
and the unhappiness of the children. Lord, have mercy on us, increase our love
and consecrate it, making it active in deed and prayer for all children in
danger of body, mind or spirit, all who are hungry or homeless through war or
disaster, children of broken homes, frightened or lonely children, children who
look for love and do not find it. What can we say, O Lord, what can we ask? They
are the innocent sufferers for our sins, as You were in Your life on earth,
united to You more closely than we can understand. Lord, have mercy upon them in
their suffering, and have mercy upon us in our sin.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Patroness of the
Unborn

To help stop the anti-life push in the U.S. we are
encouraging the spiritual adoption of an unborn child. This is done by praying
that one particular but unknown child's life be spared abortion and be allowed
to continue to and after birth.

To help accomplish this, it was recommended, an individual
say the following daily prayer for a period of one year.

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to
spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spirtually adopted who is in
danger of abortion."

During your earthly life this spirtually adopted child of
yours will be known only to God, but in the world to come and throughout
eternity both you and the child will find happiness in each other's
company.

Words of Our Lady of Guadalupe

"Listen, my son, to what I tell you now: do not be troubled
nor disturbed by anything; do not fear illness nor any other distressing
occurrence, nor pain. Am I not your mother? Am I not life and health? Have I not
placed you on my lap and made you my responsibility? Do you need anything
else."

PRAYER FOR A HUMAN
LIFE AMENDMENT

O GOD, GIVER OF LIFE HELP US TO DO OUR PART TO SAVE UNBORN
BABIES FROM DEATH BY ABORTION AND AID PREGNANT MOTHERS IN DISTRESS. PLEASE
STRENGTHEN US IN OUR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN AN AMENDMENT TO OUTLAW ABORTION IN THE
UNITED STATES. AMEN

Prayer For
Mothers

Father in Heaven, we thank you for the gift of
life.Grant that all mothers who give birth may welcome their
babies with love.

But if some mothers feel they are unable to raise their
babies, grant that they may be compassionate toward the life which You have
given and not destroy it before birth.

To those children who have been wantonly deprived of earthly
life grant whatever happiness to which they are entitled, and to the mothers who
have denied them life in this world, grant Your merciful grace of repentance and
reconciliation with our Savior so that they may obtain eternal life in the
next!

With ecclesiastical approvalMost Rev. Romeo R. Blanchette,
D.D

A Prayer for Pregnant Women

God our Father,You were
pleased to Bless the Virgin Mary with the gift of bringing Your Son into the
world. Graced with the Word of God within Her, She brought forth
Your New and Eternal Life to all creation.

We pray You that as You guided Mary, protect and guide all
women who carry new life within them. May they be ever conscious of
the great Dignity they have been given.

May they turn to You in constant prayer and be ever thankful
of the Gift they carry within them. We pray this in the name of
Jesus, who is Lord of Life, now and forever. Amen.

Most Rev. Loius E. Gelineau, D, D.,Bishop of Providence

Prayer for Pro-Life
Efforts

Hail and blessed be the hour and the moment in which the
Word of God came to earth as a single cell and made His abode in the most pure
body of the Virgin Mary. O Cell Divine, in that hour hear the prayers that we
send to you across the ages.

Welcome into Your loving care the souls of all those
children who are rejected by their mothers. Look with compassion
upon those mothers who are driven by distress and delusion to seek the lives of
their own offspring. Have mercy upon those who turn
their training in the healing arts to the purposes of death.

Inspire Christians everywhere to seek out and apply
Christian solutions to social problems. Bless our efforts to educate and
serve. Help us to conduct them in the spirit of humility and love that will win
minds and hearts to accept the truth, to minister to those in need, and to
forego the resort to violence.

Amen

Prayer for
Pro-Life

LORD, through the Holy Spirit Mary brought forth the Baby
Jesus. We bring forth your creation of human life that we may live in Your
image. Protect the innocent babies so mercilessly being murdered by abortion.
Give us courage to oppose those who peddle death for profit and convenience. In
Your Name. Amen

Psalm
139

You, Lord, have made all the delicate, inner parts of my
body, You fabricated them in my mother's womb. I praise you for making me so
wonderfully. I marvel at your workmanship. You were there while I was being
formed in seclusion! You saw my substance while it was yet imperfect, and you
registered in a book all my members and the days of their development. You
recorded this even before my members were formed.

Psalm 139:13-16

Prayer for Respect
for all Human Life

Heavenly Father, your cosmic gaze focused on dust and you
fashioned in your image and likeness every man and women: give us, we beg you, a
keen eye to recognize that image so that respect for all human life becomes our
way of life. Grant this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Committee for
Pro-Life Activities National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Short Prayers For Unborn Children

Heavenly Father, we the living request your help for the
unborn.Holy Mary, pray for us sinners, save our unborn infants from
abortion.

Lord, we pray for all mankind to have the grace to
understand that each and every life has the right-to-life.

Most Rev. Loius E. Gelineau, D.D.

Bishop of Providence

Trust Him

Trust Him when dark doubts assail thee. Trust Him when thy
strength is small.Trust Him when to simply trust
Him seems the hardest thing of all.Trust Him, He is ever faithful;
Trust Him, for His will is best;Trust Him, for the Heart of
Jesus is the only place of rest.Trust Him, then, through doubts
and sunshine, All thy cares upon Him cast,Till the storm of
life is over , And the trusting days are past.

Prayer for Unborn
Children

O God, our Heavenly Father, You sent Your Son into this
world that He might Bless and Consecrate all life to You.

Your constant Love protected Him as the Ever Virgin Mary
bore Him in Her womb for nine months.

In His mission He taught us the Greatness of Your Love and
the Sanctity of Life.

We pray that we may always cherish the Life that You give
us.

In a special way we ask and pray that You Grace and Protect
all unborn children with Your ever caring Love.

We pray this in the Name of Jesus, Who is Lord, Forever and
Ever. Amen.

Most Rev. Louis E. Gelineau, D.D.

Bishop of Providence

Prayer to St. Francis for
Life

Gentle St. Francis, you were so devoted to the humanity of
Christ. Your heart burst with appreciation toward God for taking on human life.
You saw beauty and goodness in all living things - in birds that sing, the fish
that fill our waters, and all that lives in nature.

Help us to imitate your reverence for life wherever it may
be. Especially, humble Francis of Assisi, help us to help others to see the
worth of each living, unborn baby sheltered in its mother's
womb. May all people have the grace to understand that these tiny,
budding lives have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

To Our Lord Jesus Christ, from
Conception to the Day of His Birth.Seed of Abraham: From Your first
moment of existence, I adore You. You were no less God before conception Nor
less a man thereafter. Sublime Christ Cell: Enshrined
two hours in the body of the Virgin, I adore You. Your supernatural indwellling
Sanctified all child-bearing for all time. Evolving
God-Man:Three days in Your Mother's womb gestating, I adore You. As You grow in
space organically, Your glory fills both the Heavens and the
Earth.

Rare Pristine Beauty: Four weeks evolving a cluster of
living cells. I adore You. Wtih Your Mother in deep contemplation I ponder the
mystery of Your Incarnation. Ancient Word Wisdom: Five
fortnights dormant in Your cradle of flesh, I adore You. Mary, full of grace,
sustains God within: The creature Mother bears her own Creator.
Savior of Mankind: Approaching six months, viable,
immaculate. I adore You. You took compassion on frail, human matter, To give it
the dignity of immortaliity.

True Root of Jesse: Seven full moons in the sanctuary of the
womb, I adore You. Rejoice, Israel, for Mary has foretold: "All generations
shall call me blessed." Thou, Son of David, For eight
months sheltered in humble pregnancy, I adore You. The woman heavy with Child
now Turns to Joseph in urgent expectation.

Jesus, Judge and King, You come in the fullness of time as a
Sacrament of Hope through Sion's beloved daughter. I adore You. You come to shed
Light in darkness, To bring judgment and Life in abundance....and the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us...and we saw His glory and His truth in
the Gospels, in History, in the Church, the People of God, and in His anointed
Priests from age to age.---Martin S. Rath,
OSB., St. John's Abbey, Collegeville MN 56321 Reprinted with
permission

Special Moms

The Special Mother by Erma Bombeck Most women become mothers
by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit.
This year nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did
you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen? Somehow I
visualize God hovering over earth selecting his instruments for propagation with
great care and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His angels to make
notes in a giant ledger.

"Armstrong, Beth; son. Patron saint...give her Gerard. He's
used to profanity." "Forrest, Marjorie; daughter. Patron saint, Cecelia."
"Rutledge, Carrie; twins. Patron saint, Matthew." Finally He passes a name to an
angel and smiles, "Give her a handicapped child." The angel is curious. "Why
this one God? She's so happy." "Exactly," smiles God, "Could I give a
handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."
"But has she patience?" asks the angel. "I don't want her to have too much
patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and
resentment wears off, she'll handle it."

"I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and
independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child
I'm going to give her has her own world. She has to make her live in her world
and that's not going to be easy." "But, Lord, I don't think she even believes in
you." God smiles, "No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect -she has just
enough selfishness." The angel gasps - "selfishness? is that a virtue?" God
nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never
survive

Yes, here is a woman
whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet,
but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a "spoken word". She
will consider a "step" ordinary. When her child says "Momma" for the first time,
she will be present at a miracle, and will know it!" "I will permit her to see
clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice....and allow her to
rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of
every day of her life, because she is doing My work as surely as if she is here
by My side". "And what about her Patron saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised
in mid-air. God smiles, "A mirror will suffice."

The Gift of Life
and Psalm 139

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in
my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully
made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139: 13-14

Psalm 139 speaks to us about the unborn child in the
mother's womb, how awesome, "fearfully and wonderfully made" God's work
is.

"My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in the
secret place...your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for
me were written in your book before they came to be." Psalm 139: 15-16

God's love for the unborn child is present at the moment
of conception, even before, the psalm says. And though the child is not
fully formed at the moment of conception, God's design is there, and the child's
soul and identity is present. Physically, the design, "my frame" is there,
each one unique. God's scripture, as well as the advances in science, tell
us this.

"How precious are your thoughts, O God! How vast is
the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of
sand. When I awake, I am still with you." Psalm 139: 17-18

Most of our failings, our sin, arise because we don't
truly know how deeply God loves us and is with us in times of uncertainty.
The psalm describes the depth of God's love, how it outnumbers even the grains
of sand, how God remains with us, and we with Him.

Please honor
Christ's conception in a special way:with prayers for
pregnant women and their unborn children or with this Little Prayer

0 Jesus, who dwelt in the womb of Mary,have mercy on us.0 Jesus, who first
felt human pain while in the womb,have mercy on us.0 Jesus, who waited nine months to be born,grant us peace.

Prayer for Abortionists and Their Staffs- by Jean M. Heimann

Lord, we lift up to you all abortionists and their
staffs, including all technicians, nurses, receptionists, counselors, chaplains,
and all who are employed or voluntarily assisting with the killing of the unborn
in any way. We place each one of them in the innermost recessess of Your
Sacred Heart -- Your Heart of Mercy, compassion and love for all Your
children.

We pray that they will accept the supernatural graces
that You give them this day to renounce the horrific killing of Your children;
the psychological, physical, and spiritual harm they are doing to the women
through their actions; and the tremendous spiritual, physical and psychological
harm they are doing to themselves.

Give them an abundance of courage and strength to say
"no" to murder and to escape the culture of death and the constant torment and
resentment that they experience in their lives.

As they approach You, encourage them to draw nearer,
remove the veil that covers their eyes and blinds them to the truth. Pour
out Your tender, loving mercy upon them that they will see the truth, the
reality, and the consequences of their actions. Draw them into the light
of Your love and penetrate their souls with the light of truth, the light of
Your knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.

We pray this in the holy name of Jesus, through the
intercession of our Blessed Virgin Mary.

For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on them
and on the whole world.

St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for them.Blessed Anna Maria Taige, pray for them.Pope John Paul, the Great, pray for them.

A Birth-Mother's Prayer- by Sr. Juliemarie McDonald, SND

Blessed are those who choose life for they shall
experience the radiance of eternal life. Lord, I have chosen life, but my
heart is saddened. My child is cuddled in another mother's arms.
Mother Mary bless the adopted parents, who could not give life. I know my child
is safe and loved. Comfort my aching heart. Turn my morning into
joy. Amen.

Prayer for the Chronically Ill

Loving God,Rock of strength for those who trust in You;Comforter of those who call on you.Hear the cry of those who sufferfrom
constant sickness or weakness,and embrace them in Your
loving arms.As You have united them to the suffering of
Christin the waters of baptism,be their companion on the way of the cross,give them peace, and strengthen them with the vision of your
kingdom.

We make this prayer through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Prayer for the Disabled

God of Compassion, in Jesus Christ You cared for those
who were blind and deaf, crippled or slow to learn. Though all of us need
help, give special care to those who are disabled, particularly those we name in
silence...

By our concern may they know the love You have for them,
and come to trust in You, through Jesus Christ Who came to heal. Amen.

Prayer to God the Father of All Life- from Priests for Life

Eternal God, You have revealed Yourself as the Father of
all Life. We praise You for the Fatherly care which You extend to all
creation, and especially to us, made in Your image and likeness.

Father, extend Your hand of protection to those
threatened by abortion, and save them from its destructive power. Give
Your strength to all fathers, that they may never give in to the fears that may
tempt them to facilitate abortion.

Bless our families and bless our land, that we may have
the joy of welcoming and nurturing the life of which You are the Source and the
Eternal Father. Amen.

Prayer for Healing- by Rev. James
Moroney

Eternal Father, Source of all mercy and love, out of love
for us You sent Your Son, and willed that blood and water flow from His side to
cleanse us of sin and to restore lost innocence.

Hear the cry of each woman who mourns the loss of her
child to abortion. Forgive her sin, restore her to grace, and still the
terror of her heart with peace beyond all understanding. Through the
intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of all tenderness and our
Mother, strengthen her faith in You. Give her the consolation to believe
that her child is now living in the Lord. We ask this through Christ our
Lord, Who conquered sin and death, and Who lives and reigns with You, in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Mothers prayer to Mary

Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus, help meduring my pregnancy, and in the birthand raising of my child. Be an example of faith, hope, and love for me and my baby.May your Son bring joy to me as He did to you.I pray this in Jesus name, in union with the HolySpirit, one God forever and ever. Amen

Prayer for
Life

Loving God, in Your goodness, You have given us the gift
of life. I ask Your pardon and forgiveness for my own failure and the
failure of all people in this world to protect and respect this gift you have
given us. I pray that, with Your grace, I and all people will respect,
reverence, and protect all life and that I will be especially sensitive to the
life of the unborn, the abused, the neglected, the disabled, and the
elderly. Guide all who make decisions about life, that they will do so
with wisdom, love, and courage. In Your name - Father, Source of all life,
Son, Savior of our lives, and Spirit, Sanctifier of our lives - We pray.
Amen.

Saint Gerard
Prayer

O God, I humbly ask You, through the intercession of
Saint Gerard, to protect me in my time of childbearing, and to watch over the
child you blessed me with. Stay with me Lord and help me to know how much You
love me. I pray this through your son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer to Saint
Gerard For a Mother with Child

"O almighty and everlasting God, through the Holy Spirit,
you prepared the body and soul of the glorious virgin Mary to be a worthy
dwelling place of your divine Son. Through the name of the Holy Spirit, you
sanctified Saint John the Baptist, while still in his mother's womb. Hear the
prayers of your humble servant who implores you, through the intercession of
Saint Gerard, to protect me from the dangers of childbearing and to watch over
the child with which You blessed me. May this child be cleansed by the saving
water of baptism and, after a Christian life on earth, may we, both mother and
child, attain everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen."

Reading From
Revelation

God Himself will be with them, and He will be their
God.He will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There
will be no more death, no more grief or crying or
pain.

Mother of
Africa

Mary, Our Mother of Africa, hear the drumbeat of our
prayers; May your son Jesus continue to bring us joy, relieve our tensions, and
forgive us our sins.Help us to walk in His Light.Help us to help others do the same...And bring us to life everlasting with the Holy Saints and
angels. Amen!

Prayer for the
Spiritual Adoption of an Unborn Child

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you
to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in
danger of abortion." Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
recommended saying the above daily prayer for a period of one year to help
babies in danger in the womb. During this life this spiritually adopted child of
yours will be known only to God, but in Heaven you will meet the child whose
life was spared by your prayers and enjoy eternal happiness in his or her
company.

A Prayer For
Life

Father and maker of all, you adorn all creation with
splendor and beauty, and fashion human lives in your image and likeness.Awaken in every heart reverence for the work of your hands,
and renew among your people a readiness to nurture and sustain your precious
gift of life.Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for
ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer For
Aborted Infants

Dear little infant Jesus, in honor of thy Holy Birth, and
through thy Holy Mother, I pray that the innocents who will this day be murdered
may find refuge and eternal glory before the throne of our Heavenly Father.

Spiritual Baptism of the Unborn:I
believe in God, the Father the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into
Heaven. He is seated at the right hand of the Father. From thence He shall come
to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy
Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. That all who were born
dead this day may reach everlasting life through Jesus Christ, Mary, Joseph,
John and (Saint of the day). I baptize you if God so wills (Sprinkle Holy Water
to the north, south, east and west of your home or church) "In the name of the
Father, the Son and of the Holy Ghost." Our Father who
art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth
as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into
temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.Hail Mary full
of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now
and at the hour of our death, Amen.Glory Be to the
Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, Amen.

To Jesus:

To Jesus Through Mary To you, Mother of the human family, we confidently entrust all of humanitywith all its hopes and fears Give us the light of true
wisdom.Guide our steps in the ways of peace. Enable all
to meet Christthe Way, the Truth, and the Life.

May almighty God, who has created new life now bless the
child in your womb.

The Lord has brought you the joy of motherhood: May He now
bless you with a safe and healthy pregnancy.

You thank the Lord today for the gift of your child: May He
bring you and your child one day to share in the unending joys of heaven.
Amen

Blessing on Pro Life Workers.

Bless all those who defend
the right to life of the preborn, the newborn, the handicapped, the aged, and
the terminally ill. Grant that by our care of all who are pregnant, we
might be a sign of Your love in the world today. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen

Lord, have mercy!Christ, have
mercy!Lord, have mercy!Respond
to each: Lord, you give us life!

You breathed life into AdamYou
formed Eve from fleshYou saved Noah from the floodYou heard the cry of innocent bloodYou spared the life of CainYou
filled Sarah's old wombYou gave Abraham a sonYou preserved the life of JacobO
Shepherd of JosephYou punished those who took lifeYou place before us life and deathYou restore lost lifeYou nourish the
aged and weakYou delivered Saul from DavidYou redeemed the life of DavidYou
gave Solomon length of daysYou raised the child by
Elijah's cryWe are precious in your sightYou made the Syrian cleanYou gave
Job steadfast loveYou show us the path of lifeYou deliver us from the wickedYou
give us length of daysYou deliver us from the swordStronghold of my lifeYou root out
fearYou restore us from the pitYou redeem the life of your servantsYou rescue us from the lionsO
Fountain of lifeO Light of lifeYou know the measure of our daysO
God of my lifeYou give me a priceless lifeUpholder of my lifeYou lead us in
the light of lifeYour love is better than lifeYou preserve us from the enemyYou
redeem us from oppressionYour promise gives me lifeYour steadfast love spares us

In justice you give us life in Christ, through whom all
things were madeChrist through whom the patriarchs knew
life God of our fathers and mothers in faith Lord of all creation Gn
2:7

Prayer of John Paul II for Life- Encyclical Letter "The Gospel of Life" Given in Rome, on
March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, in the year
1995.

O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life: Look down, O Mother, upon the vast
numbers of babies to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men
and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed
by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your
Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our
time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the
joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to
bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of
good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and Lover of life. Amen.

A Pro-Life Prayer For Our President And Public Officials- from EWTN

Lord God, Author of Life and Source of Eternal
Life,

Move the hearts of all our public officials and especially
our President, to fulfill their responsibilities worthily and well to all those
entrusted to their care.

Help them in their special leadership roles, to extend the
mantle of protection to the most vulnerable, especially the defenseless unborn,
whose lives are threatened with extermination by an indifferent society.

Guide all public officials by your wisdom and grace to cease
supporting any law that fails to protect the fundamental good that is human life
itself, which is a gift from God and parents.

You are the Protector and Defender of the lives of the
innocent unborn. Change the hearts of those who compromise the call to protect
and defend life. Bring our nation to the values that have made us a great
nation, a society that upholds the values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness for all.

Mary, the Mother of the living, help us to bear witness to
the Gospel of Life with our lives and our laws, through Christ, Our
Lord. Amen.

Prayer of Repentance for Having Destroyed
Life- by Joseph of Jesus and Mary, The Work of God
Apostolate

Heavenly Father, Almighty God. I humble myself before your
Presence.

Father of life, Father of all spirits. I have sinned against
you, I have broken your commandment that says "You shall not kill."

I repent of my crime, I admit my guilt and I ask you to
forgive me. You have said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and a life for
a life [Leviticus 24:17-21]; if you look at my iniquities I will be lost
forever, but with you is found mercy and love [Psalm 130:2-3].

Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.

Lord you have appointed repentance for the forgiveness of
sins , you have given power to your Church to forgive sins. I promise to confess
my sins to a Catholic priest and I beg you to heal the wounds of my soul.

Heal me O Lord, purify me from all my iniquities. Precious
Blood of Jesus cover me, I have shed human blood, I have destroyed life and you
are life, now I beg you Lord by the power of your Precious Blood that you
forgive me and deliver me from my iniquities.

Blessed Mother Mary, Virgin mother of all the living, mother
of life, I am your child, forgive me my sins and pray for me, take me into the
refuge of your Immaculate Heart and help me to live God's commandments.

Mother Mary you are the mother of that human being that I
rejected, I entrust it to you and to your Son my Lord Jesus Christ. Pray for us
O Holy Mother of God that we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.

Prayer to St.
Gerard

St. Gerard, you worshiped Jesus asthe Lord of Life. I ask you today topray or my special intention. (Mention your intention here.)Lift up to Jesus all those who seekto conceive a child, all those having difficult pregnancies, all who have suffered the loss of a child, and all who lovingly lift up their children to God. Pray that all of us, by caring for mothers, fathers, and children born and unborn. May build a Culture of Life,in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer
for the Terminally Ill- by Rev. Kenneth W.
Collins

Lord, forgive them
any sins that they may have committed. If it is Your will, raise them up
to a healthy body and a sound mind to serve the residue of their days in Your
service and to Your glory. If it is not Your will to heal them, then
recognize them as a lamb of Your fold and a sheep of Your flock. Send Your
holy angels to protect them from all spiritual harm, to guide and direct them,
to counsel and defend them. Take them into the paradise that You have
prepared for those who love You.Let them stand in the
resurrection of the just on the Last Day and live with You in Your glory forever
more. Amen.

Prayer for the Unborn- from
EWTN

Heavenly Father, in
Your love for us, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those helpless
little ones to whom You have given the gift of life.

Touch with pity the
hearts of those women pregnant in our world today who are not thinking of
motherhood.

Help them to see
that the child they carry is made in Your image - as well as theirs - made for
eternal life.

Dispel their fear
and selfishness; give them true womanly hearts to love their babies and give
them birth and all the needed care that a mother can give.

We ask this through
Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord, Who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.

Pro-life PrayerHeavenly Father, how awesome it is that You created
us in Your image! This is the basis of our human dignity from which flows our
human rights, beginning with the right to life. Have mercy on our nation for not
recognizing the right to live in the preborn human being. May the silent scream
of those who have died through theexcruciating pains of
abortion impassion Americans to make abortion illegal once again.

Dear Jesus, I pray for our
legislatures and judges that they will make laws and judge according to Thy will
with the knowledge that the preborn is indeed a person as the words human being
come from being human. I pray for the conversion of PresidentObama that he will take to heart the Bible reading where the
preborn John leaps for joy as Jesus approaches him in the womb of Mary. Remind
them all that the Declaration of Independence declares the "inalienable" right
to life for all men, where the word "men" has always referred to all human
beings, which must include the preborn as they are human beings too.

I pray for all those in a crisis
pregnancy that they receive the care they need and that they are not coerced by
the Culture of Death to have an abortion. Come Holy Spirit upon all pro-choice
people, especially Catholics, to instill knowledge of the scientific fact that a
human being exists at the moment of fertilization. For the same scientific
evidence that proves born persons are human, also proves the preborn to be
human. Enlighten all those seeking an abortion that their preborn belongs to You
not to them. Disperse their fears. Fill their hearts with joy.In the most holy name of Jesus we pray. Amen

Pro-Life
Prayer

O
God, Our Loving Creator, all life is in Your handsfrom the moment of fertilization until death. We
are grateful for the
privilege of sharing in Your work of creation. Enlighten and be merciful toward those who do not
value the gift of life.
Convert prochoice Catholics, prochoice judges and legislatures. Inspire them to seek and find the truth in You.

Bless all those who defend the right to life of the
preborn, the newborn, the
handicapped, the aged, and
the terminally ill. Grant
that by our care of all who are pregnant, we might be a sign of Your love in the world today. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen